Description: This late middle aged man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat and is in decent physical shape. His fur, while still mostly orange, has prominent grey streaks. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a fancy grey suit. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 50 gp. Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp).

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Orc in existence. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ûgakûga studied abroad. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 4000 gp. Pink diamond (4000 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). Coral (130 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Rose (60 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears skinny pants and wears a yellow and brown robe with the hood down. Her chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 100 gp. Black star sapphire (900 gp). Jasper (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time, and carries falchions. He has a blonde handlebar mustache and slicked back blonde hair. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Igden was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, In love. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. While she appears to be a normal Half-Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a dagger on her belt. She has green crest. She has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Guardian, Religious. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 60 pp. Aquamarine (1100 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She is dressed in earthy colors with a yellow and pastel handkerchief worn on her right side, marred by chocolates. Sporting a brown mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Slave Trader but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. A gifted student she started as a Spice Merchant, but she got bored and became a Slave Trader. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Pacifist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned female is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, grey shirt, and blue tie. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has no hair. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Tawar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Miller for hire.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Miller responsibilities is difficult; and to be a stableman again

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Miller

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 8000 gp.